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October 3, 2006
A Final Wal-Mart Solution: Nix Public Input
The Real Estate Observer
By Chris Shott
As community opposition continues to keep Wal-Mart out of the Big Apple, local retail broker extraordinaire Robert K. Futterman has come up with a brilliant solution to the big-box debacle: Kick the naysayers out of the approval process.
"If they keep going in front of [the City Planning Commission] and community boards, they're gonna have a problem," Futterman said in an interview with The Real Deal, available via podcast. "The ideal situation would be a location, whether it be New York or any of the other boroughs, where they can go in and operate without having to go get, you know, any approvals outside of the zoning."
NoLandGrab: Hmm... someplace where Wal-Mart "can go in and operate without having to go get any approvals outside of the zoning."
We suggest that Wal-Mart ask Bruce Ratner how he got NY State to take over the Atlantic Yards project, thus eliminating the naysayers, zoning hurdles, local review or regulations.
Posted by lumi at October 3, 2006 7:07 AM